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Originally Posted by edovando
I got a ticket 1 1/2 years ago for doing 75 mph on the 210 east of the 57 for those of you who know So. Cal. The officer pulled 6 of us over. That is right he took six of us out of the carpool lane. ticketed everyone single one of us. As I conversed with him I explained that on that stretch of fwy driving slower than 72 can get you killed. I told him to try it some time with out his patrol car. He told me that regardless of how other people are driving, that I should drive no more than 65 mph no matter what the lane and that if someone doesn't like it that they should pass me.
I have never groaned about a ticket in my life as much as I did on that occassion. They have really cracked down on that stretch of fwy, but everyone is still speeding.
I thought that officer needed a dose of reality. |
I know that stretch of freeway. Great for driving to/from Vegas and it's usually not too crowded (i.e., encourages 70+
mph)
The problem there is a month later you could get pulled over by a different cop for impeding traffic!
If I'm ever going to just go 65mph (usually ~60), unless there's a traffic jam, I will be using the far right lane, not the carpool lane. But on my commute there are a minimum of 4 lanes and I'm never the only one at this speed. In fact, before Katrina I started to see more and more cars and SUVs driving slower and in the right lanes, and since then those numbers have gone up. Not a *huge* amount, but enough that I could notice it.
Rick